After thinking about all my changes in life, I think my biggest firm was taking the easy way out. When I was in middle school, I had a straight mind set on just making it through high school and attend a community college if their was time. I did not have a plan for the future. As a freshman, I felt that I had to just get passing grades so I could graduate, but looking back I should of took a different path. As a senior, I don’t regret things I've done in the past, but I wished my mind was as focused as it is now. When glancing at my friends, I feel some what guilty because I did not try my best. Sometimes it does get to me, when I hear students babble about colleges or what kind of scholarships they are receiving. I know I am going to have to work 10x harder than others to succeed. I still have the same opportunities as them, but my plan is a little different. I am going to attend a two year college first but transfer to a four year college after that. I should have never got caught up in the too cool for school mentality, so I would have not been put in this predicament. I don’t plan to give up. I am going to keep moving forward.--Riki Padilla
After thinking about all my changes in life, I think my biggest firm was taking the easy way out. When I was in middle school, I had a straight mind set on just making it through high school and attend a community college if their was time. I did not have a plan for the future. As a freshman, I felt that I had to just get passing grades so I could graduate, but looking back I should of took a different path. As a senior, I don’t regret things I've done in the past, but I wished my mind was as focused as it is now. When glancing at my friends, I feel some what guilty because I did not try my best. Sometimes it does get to me, when I hear students babble about colleges or what kind of scholarships they are receiving. I know I am going to have to work 10x harder than others to succeed. I still have the same opportunities as them, but my plan is a little different. I am going to attend a two year college first but transfer to a four year college after that. I should have never got caught up in the too cool for school mentality, so I would have not been put in this predicament. I don’t plan to give up. I am going to keep moving forward.--Riki Padilla